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65th Congress, ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ( Report 

1st Session. ) | No. 49. 


TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE MILITARY ESTABLISH¬ 
MENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 


May 11, 1917.—Ordered to be printed. 


Mi*. Dent, from the committee of conference, submitted the following: 

CONFERENCE REPORT. 

[To accompany H. R. 3545.] 

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The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two 
Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 3545) to 
anthorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Estab¬ 
lishment of the United States, having met, after full and free con¬ 
ference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their re¬ 
spective Houses as follows: 

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment 
of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: 

In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the fol¬ 
lowing: 

That in view of the existing emergencywhich demands the raising 
of troops in addition to those now\ available , the President be , and 
he is hereby , authorized — 

First. Immediately to raise , organize , officer , and equip all or such 
number of increments of the Regular Army provided by the national 
defense Act approved June third , nineteen hundred and sixteen , or 
such parts thereof as he may deem , necessary; to raise all organiza¬ 
tions of the Regular Army , including those added by such incre¬ 
ments , to the maximum enlisted strength authorized by law. Vacan¬ 
cies in the Regular Army created or caused by the addition of 
’ increments as herein authorized which can not be filled by promotion' 
\may be filled by temporary appointment for the period of the emer¬ 
gency or until replaced by permanent appointments or by provisional 
appointments made under the provisions of section twenty-three of 
the national defense Act approved June third , nineteen hundred and 
sixteen , and hereafter provisional appointments under said section 
may be terminated whenever it is determined, in the manner pre¬ 
scribed by the President , that the officer has not the suitability and 
fitness requisite for permanent appointment. 











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TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE MILITARY' ESTABLISHMENT. 

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Second. To draft into the military service of the United States, ^ 
organize, officer, m accordance with the fro visions of section one 

hundred and eleven of said national defense Act, so /«r the pro¬ 
visions of said section may he applicable and not inconsistent with 
the terms of this Act, any or all members of the National Guard and 
of the National Guard Reserves, and said members so drafted into 
the military service of the United States shall serve therein for the 
period of the existing emergency unless sooner discharged: Provided, 
That when so drafted the organizations or units of the National 
Guard shall, so far as practicable, retain the State designations of 
their respective organizations. 

Third. To raise by draft as herein provided, organize and equip 
an additional force of five hundred thousand enlisted men, or such 
part or pants thereof as he may at any time deem necessary, and to 
provide the necessary officers, line and staff, for said force and for 
organizations of the other forces hereby authorized, or by combining 
organizations of said other forces, by ordering members of the Offi¬ 
cers* Reserve Corps to temporary duty in accordance with the pro¬ 
visions of section thirty-eight of the national defense Act approved 
June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen; by appointment from the 
Regular Army, the Officers ’ Reserve Corps, from those duly qualified 
cind registered- pursuant to section twenty-three of the Act of Congress 
approved January twenty-first, nineteen hundred and three ( Thirty- 
second Statutes at Large, page seven hundred and seventy-five), 
from the members of the National Guard drafted into the service of 
the United States, from those who have been graduated from educa¬ 
tional institutions at which military instruction is compulsory, or 
from those who have had honorable service in the Regular Army, 
the National Guard, or in the Volunteer forces, or from the country 
at large; by assigning retired officers of the Regular Army to active 
duty with such force with their rani' on the retired list and the full 
pay and, allowances of their grade; or by the appointment of retired 
officers and enlisted men, active or retired, of the Regular Army as 
commissioned officers in such forces: Provided, That the organization 
of said force shall be the same as that of the corresponding organiza¬ 
tions of the Regular Army: Provided further , That the President 
is authorized to increase or decrease the number of organizations 
prescribed for the typical brigades, divisions, or army corps of the 
Regular Army, and to prescribe, such new and, different organizations 
and personnel for army corps, divisions, brigades, regiments , bat¬ 
talions, squadrons, companies, troops, and batteries as the efficiency 
of the service may require: Provided further, That the number of 
organizations in a regiment shall not be increased nor shall the num¬ 
ber of regiments be decreased: Provided further, That the President 
in his discretion may organize, officer, and equip for each In fantry 
and Cavalry brigade three machine-gun companies, and for each In¬ 
fantry and Cavalry division four machine-gun companies, all in addi¬ 
tion to the machine-gun companies comprised in organizations in¬ 
cluded in such brigades and divisions: Provided further, That the 
President in his discretion may organize for each division one 
armored motor car machine-gun company. The machine-gun com¬ 
panies organized under this section shall consist of such commis¬ 
sioned and enlisted personnel and be equipped in such manner as the 
President jnay prescribe: And provided further, That officers with 

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rank not above that of colonel shall be appointed by the President 
alone, and officers above that grade by the President by and with the 
ad/vice and ' consent of the Senate: Provided f urther, That the Presi¬ 
dent nmy in his discretion-, recommission in the Coast Guard persons 
who have heretofore held commissions in the Revenue-Gutter Service 
or the Coast Guard avid have left the service honorably, after ascer¬ 
taining that they are qualified for service physically, morally, and 
as to age and military fitness . 

Fourth. The President is further authorized, in his discretion and 
at such time as he may determine, to raise and begin the training of 
an additional force of five hundred thousand men organized, offi¬ 
cered, and equipped, as provided for the force first mentioned in 
the preceding paragraph of this section. 

Fifth. To raise by draft , organize, equip . and officer, provided 
in the third, paragraph of this section, in addition to and for each 
of the above forces , recruit training units as he may deem 

necessary for the maintenance of such forces at the maximum 
strength. 

/Sixth. To raise, organize, officer, and maintain during the emer¬ 
gency such number of ammunition batteries and battalions, depot 
batteries and battalions , artillery parks, with such num¬ 

bers and grades of personnel as he may deem necessary. Such or¬ 
ganizations shall be officered in the manner provided in the third 
paragraph of this section, and enlisted men may be assigned to 
said organizations from any of the forces herein provided for or 
raised by selective draft as by this Act provided. 

Sec. 2. That the enlisted men required to raise and maintain the 
organizations of the Regular Army and to complete and maintain 
’ the organizations embodying the members of the Rational Guard 
drafted into the service of the United. States, at the maximum legal 
strength as by this Act provided, shall be raised by voluntary enlist¬ 
ment, or if and whenever the President decides that they can not 
effectually be so raised or maintained , then by selective draft; and 
all other forces hereby authorized shall be raised and maintained by 
selective draft exclusively; but this profusion shall not prevent the 
transfer to any force of training cadres from other forces. Such 
draft as herein provided shall be based upon liability to military 
service of all male citizens, or male persons not alien enemies who 
have declared their intention to become citizens , between the ages of 
twenty-one amrl thirty years, both inclusive, and shall take place and 
be maintained under such regulations as the President may prescribe 
not inconsistent with the terms of this Act. Quotas for the several 
States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, or subdivisions 
thereof, shall be determined, in proportion to the population thereof, 
and credit shall be given to any State, Territory, District, or sub¬ 
division thereof , for the number of men who were in- the military 
service of the United States as members of the National Guard on 
April first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, or ivho have since said 
date entered the military service of the United States from any such 
State, Territory, District, or. subdivision, either as members of the 
Regular Army or the National Guard. All persons drafted into the 
service of the United States and all officers accepting commissions in 
the forces herein provided for shall, from the date of said draft, or 
acceptance , be subject to the laws and regulations governing the 


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Regular Army , except as to promotions , so far as such laws and regu¬ 
lations are applicable to persons whose permanent retention in the 
military service.on the active or retired list is not contemplated by 
existing law , and those drafted shall be required to serve for the 
period of the existing emergency unless sooner discharged: Provided , 
That the President is authorized to raise and maintain by voluntary 
enlistment or draft , as herein provided , special and technical troops 
as he may deem necessary , and to embody them into, organizations 
and to officer them as provided in the third paragraph of section one 
and section nine of this Act. Organizations of the fbrces herein pro¬ 
vided for , except the Regular Army , shall, as far as the interests of 
the service permit , be composed of men who come , and of officers who 
are appointed from , the same State or locality. 

Sec. 3. No bounty shall be paid to induce any person to enlist in 
the military service of the United States; and no person liable to 
military service shall hereafter be permitted' or allowed to furnish a 
substitute for such service; nor shall any substitute be received , en¬ 
listed , or enrolled in the military service of the United States; and 
no such person shall be permitted to escape such service or to be 
discharged therefrom prior to the expiration of his term of service 
by the payment of money or any other valuable thing whatsoever as 
consideration for his release from military service or liability thereto. 

Sec. 1. That the Vice President of the United States , the officers, 
legislative , executive , and judicial, of the United States and of the 
several States , Territories , and the District of Columbia , regular 
or duly ordained ministers of religion , students who at the time 
of the approval of this Act are preparing for the, ministry in recog¬ 
nized theological or divinity schools , and all persons in the military 
and, naval service of the United States shall be exempt from the se¬ 
lective draft herein prescribed; and nothing in this Act contained 
shall be. construed to require or compel any person to serve in any 
of the forces herein provided for who is found to be a member of 
any well-recognized religious sect or organization at present or¬ 
ganized and existing and whose existing creed or principles forbid 
its members to participate in tear in any form and tv hose religious 
convictions are against war or participation therein in accordance 
with the creed or principles of said religious organizations , but no 
person so exempted shall be exempted from sendee in any capacity 
that the President shall declare to be noncombatant; and the Presi¬ 
dent is hereby authorized to exclude or discharge from said selective 
draft and from the draft under the second paragraph of section one 
hereof , or to draft for partial military service only from those liable 
to draft as in this Act provided , persons of the following classes: 
County and municipal officials; customhouse clerks; persons em¬ 
ployed by the United States in the transmission of the mails; artifi¬ 
cers and workmen employed in the armories , arsenals , and navy 
yards of the United States , and such other persons employed in the 
service of the United States as the President may designate; pilots; 
mariners, actually employed in the sea service of any citizen or mer¬ 
chant within the United States; persons engaged in industries , in¬ 
cluding agriculture. found to be necessary to the maintenance of 
the Military Establishment or the effective operation of the military 
forces or the maintenance of national interest during the emergency • 


TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. 


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those in a status with respect to persons dependent upon them for 
support which renders their exclusion or discharge advisable; and 
those found to be physically or morally deficient. Xo exemption or 
exclusion shall continue when a cause therefor no longer exists: 
Provided , That notwithstanding the exemptions enumerated herein, 
each State, Territory, and the District of Columbia shall be required 
to supply its quota in the proportion that its population bears to the 
total population of the. United States. 

The President is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to create 
and establish throughout the several states and subdivisions thereof 
and in the territories and the District of Columbia Local Boards, 
and where, in his discretion, practicable and desirable, there shall be 
created and established one such Local Board in each county or 
similar subdivision in each state, and one for approximately each 
30,000 of population in each city of 30,000 population or over, accord¬ 
ing to the last census taken or estimates furnished by the Bureau of 
Census of the Department of Commerce. Such Boards shall be 
appointed by the President, and shall consist of three or more mem¬ 
bers , none of wham shall be connected with the Military Establish¬ 
ment, to be chosen from among the local authorities of such subdivi¬ 
sions or from other citizens residing in the subdivision or area in 
which the respective Boards will have jurisdiction under the rules 
and regulations prescribed by the President. Such Boards shall have 
power within their respective jurisdictions to hear and determine, 
subject to review as hereinafter provided , all questions of exemption 
under this Act, and all questions of or claims for including or dis¬ 
charging individuals or classes of individuals from the selective 
draft, which shall be made under rules and regulations prescribed 
by the President, except, any and every question or claim* for includ¬ 
ing or excluding or discharging persons (yr classes of persons from 
the selective draft under the provisions of this Act authorizing the 
President to exclude or discharge from the selective draft. 

“ Persons engaged in industries, including agriculture, found to be 
necessary to the maintenance of the Military Establishment, or the 
effective operation of the military forces, or the maintenance of 
national interest during the emergency 

The President is hereby authorized to establish additional Boards, 
one in each Federal Judicial District of the United States, consist¬ 
ing of such number of citizens, not connected with the Military Es¬ 
tablishment, as the President may determine, who shall be appointed 
by the President. The President is hereby authorized, in his discre¬ 
tion , to establish more than one such Board in any Federal Judicial 
District of the United States, or to establish one such Board having 
jurisdiction of an area* extending into more than one Federal Judi¬ 
cial District. Such District Boards shall review on appeal and af¬ 
firm, modify or reverse any decision of any Local Board having juris¬ 
diction in the area in which any such District Board has jurisdiction 
under the rules and regulations prescribed by the President. Such 
District Boards shall have exclusive original jurisdiction within their 
respective areas to hear and determine all questions or claims for 
including or excluding or discharging persons or classes of persons 
from the selective draft, under the* provisions of this Act, not 
included within the original jurisdiction of such Local Boards. 


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The decisions of such District Boards shall be final except that 
in accordance with such rules and regulations as the President may. 
prescribe , he may affirm , modify or reverse any such decision. 

Any vacancy in any such Local Board or District Board shall be 
filled by the President , and any member of any such Local Board or 
District Board may be removed' and another appointed in his place 
by the President , whenever he considers that the interest of the 
nation demands it. 

The President shall make rules and regulations governing the 
organization and procedure of such Local Boards and District 
Boards , and providing for and governing appeals from such Local 
Boards to such District Boards , and reviews of the decisions of any 
Local Board by the District Board haring jurisdiction , and deter¬ 
mining and' prescribing the several areas in which the respective 
Local Boards and District Boards shall have jurisdiction , and all 
other rules and regulations necessary to carry out the terms and 
provisions of this section , and shall provide for the issuance of 
Certificates of Exemption , or partial or limited exemptions , and for a 
system to exclude and discharge individuals from selective draft. 

Sec. 5. That all male persons between the ages of twenty-one and 
thirty , both inclusive , shall be subject to registration in accordance 
with regulations to be prescribed by the President; and’ upon procla¬ 
mation by the President or other public notice given by him or by 
his direction’ stating the time and place of such registration it shall 
be the duty of all persons of the designated ages , except officers and 
enlisted^ men of the Regular Army , the Navy , and the National 
Guard and Naval Militia while in the service of the United States , 
to present themselves for and submit to registration under the pro 
visions of this Act; anxh every such person shall be deemed to have 
notice of the requirements of this Act upon the publication of said 
proclamation or other notice as aforesaid given by the President or 
by his direction; and any person who shall willfully fail or refuse to 
present himself for registration or to submit thereto as herein pro- 
vided , shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall , upon conviction 
in the district court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof , 
be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year , and shall 
thereupon be duly registered: Provided , That in the call of the 
docket precedence shall be given. in courts trying the same , to the 
trial of criminal proceedings under this Act: Provided further , 
That persons shall be subject to registration as herein pro vided who 
shall have attained their twenty-first birthday and who shall not have 
attained their thirty-first birthday on or 'before the day set for 
the registration, and all persons so registered shall be and remain 
subject to draft into the forces hereby authorized , unless exempted 
or excused therefrom as in this Act provided: Provided further , 
That in the case of temporary absence from actual place of legal 
residence.' of any person liable to registration as provided herein 
such registration may be made by mail under regulations to be pre¬ 
scribed by the President. 

Bee. 6.' That the President is hereby authorized to utilize the 
service of any or all departments and any or all officers or agents of 
the United States and of the severed States , Territories , and the 
District of Columbia , and subdivisions thereof , in the execution of 
this Act , and all officers and agents of the United States and of the 


TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. 


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several States, Territories , and subdivisions thereof , 0 / the />&- 

6>/ Columbia , persons designated or appointed under 

regulations prescribed by the President whether such appointments 
are made by the President himself or by the governor or other officer 
of any State or Territory* to perform any duty in the execution of 
this Act , are hereby required to perform such duty as the President 
shall order or direct L . and all such officers and agents and persons so 
designated or appointed shall hereby have full authority for all acts 
done by them in the execution of this Act by the direction of the 
President. Correspondence in the execution of this Act may be car¬ 
ried in penalty envelopes bearing the frank of the War Department . 
Any person charged as herein provided with the duty of carrying 
into effect any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations made 
or directions given thereunder, who shall fail or neglect to perform 
such duty; and any person charged with such duty or having and 
exercising any authority under said Act , regulations , or directions 
who shall knowingly make or be a party to the making of any false 
or incorrect registration , physical examination , exemption , enlist¬ 
ment ^ enrollment , or muster; and any person who'shall make or be a 
party to the making of any false statement or certificate as to the fit¬ 
ness or liability of himself or any other person for service under the 
provisions of this Act , or regulations made by the President there¬ 
under , or otherwise evades or aids another to evade the requirements 
of this Act or of said regulations , or who , in any manner , shall fail or 
neglect fully to perform any duty required of him in the execution of 
this Act , shall, if not subject to military law , be guilty of a mis¬ 
demeanor, and upon conviction in the district court of the United 
States having jurisdiction thereof, be punished by imprisonment for 
not more than one year . or, if subject to military law, shall be tried 
by court-martial and suffer such punishment as a court-martial mag 
direct. 

Sec. 7. That the qualifications and conditions for voluntary en¬ 
listment as herein provided shall be the same as those prescribed by 
existing law for enlistments in the Regular Army , except that re¬ 
cruits must be between the ages of eighteen and forty years, both 
inclusive , at the time of their enlistment; and such enlistments 
shall be for the period of the emergency unless sooner discharged. 
All enlistments , including those in the Regular Army Reserve , which 
are in force on the date of the approval of this Act and which would 
terminate during the emergency , shall continue in force during the 
emergency unless sooner discharged; but nothing herein contained 
shall be construed to shorten the period of any existing enlistment: 
Provided , That all persons enlisted or drafted under any of the pro¬ 
visions of this Act shall as far as practicable be grouped into units by 
States and the political subdivisions of the same: Provided' further , 
That all persons who have enlisted since April first , nineteen hundred 
and seventeen , either in the Regular Army or in the National Guard y 
and all persons who have enlisted in the National Guard since June 
third , nineteen hundred and sixteen , upon their application, shall be 
discharged upon the termination of the existing emergency . 

The President may provide for the discharge of any or all enlisted 
men whose status with respect to dependents renders such discharge 
advisable; and he may also authorize the employment on any active 
duty of retired enlisted men of the Regular Army , either with their 


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TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. 


rank on the retired list or in higher enlisted grades, and such retired 
enlisted, men shall receive the full pay and allowances of the grades in 
which they are actively employed. 

Sec. 8. That the President, by and with the advice and consent. of 
the Senate, is authorized to appoint for the period of the existing 
emergency such general officers of appropriate grades as may be 
necessary for duty with brigades, divisions, and higher units in 'which 
the forces provided for herein may be organized by the President, 
and general officers of appropriate grade for the several Coast Ar¬ 
tillery districts. In so far as such appointments may be made from 
any of the forces herein provided for, the appointees may be selected 
irrespective of the grades held by them in such forces. Vacancies in 
all grades in the Regular Army resulting from the appointment of 
.<officers thereof to higher grades in the forces other than the Regular 
Army herein provided for shall be filled by temporary promotions 
and appointments in the manner prescribed for filling temporary 
vacancies by section one hundred and. fourteen of the rationed defense 
Act approved June third, nineteen hundred and sixteen ; and officers 
appointed under the provisions of this Act to higher grades in the 
forces other than the Regular Army herein provided for shell not 
vacate their permeinent commissions nor be prejudiced in their rela¬ 
tive or lineal standing in the Regular Army. 

Sec. 9. That the appointments authorized and made as provided 
by the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth paragraphs of section 
one and by section eight of this Acts and the temporary appointments 
in the Regular Army authorized by the first paragraph of section 
one of this Act, shall be for the period of the emergency, unless sooner 
terminated by discharge or otherwise. The President is hereby 
authorized to discharge any officer from the office held by him under 
such appointment for any cause which, in the judgment of the Presi¬ 
dents would promote the public service; and the general commanding 
any division and higher tactical organization or territorial depart¬ 
ment is authorized to appoint from time to time military boards of 
not less than three nor more than five officers of the forces herein 
provided for to examine into and report upon the capacity, qualifi¬ 
cations conduct, and efficiency of any commissioned officer within his 
command other than officers of the Regular Army holding permanent 
or provisional commissions therein. Each member of such board 
shall' be superior in rank to the officer whose qualifications are to be 
inquired into, and if the report of such board be adverse to the con¬ 
tinuance of any such officer and be approved by the President, such 
officer shall be discharged from the service at the discretion of the 
President with one month’s pay and' allowances. 

Pec. 10. That all officers and enlisted men of the forces herein pro¬ 
vided for other than the Regular Army shall be in all respects on the 
same footing as to pay, allowances, and pensions as officers and en¬ 
listed men of corresponding grades and length of service in the 
Regular Army; and commencing June one , nineteen hundred and 
seventeen, and continuing until the termination of the emergency, 
dll enlisted men of the Army of the United States in active service 
whose base pay does not exceed $21 per month shall receive an in¬ 
crease of $10 per month; those whose base pay is $ 24 , an increase of 
■$8 P er month; those whose base pay is $30, $36, or $40, an increase 
of $6 per month-; and those whose base pay is $45 or more, an increase 


TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. 


9 


of $5 per month: Provided, That the increases of pay herein au¬ 
thorized shall not enter into the computation of continuous-service 
pay. 

Sec. 11. That all existing restrictions upon the, detail, detachment , 
and employment of officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army 
are hereby suspended for the period of the present emergency. 

Sec. 12. That the President of the United States, as Commander 
in ( hief of the Army, is authorized to make such regulations govern¬ 
ing the prohibition of alcoholic liquors in or near military camps 
and to the officers and enlisted men of the Army as he may from 
time to time deem necessary or advisable: Provided, That no person, 
'corporation, partnership, or association shall sell, supply, or have 
in-his or its possession any intoxicating or spirituous liquors at any 
mild ary station, cantonment, camp, fort, post, officers ’ or enlisted 
men's club, which is being used, at the time for military purposes 
under this Act, but the Secretary of War may make regulations 
permitting the sale and use of intoxicating liquors for medicinal 
purposes. It shall be unlawful to sell any intoxicating liquor, in¬ 
cluding beer, ale, or wine, to any officer or member of the military 
forces while in uniform, except as herein provided. Any person, 
corporation, partnership, or association violating the provisions of 
this section or the regulations made thereunder shall, unless other¬ 
wise punishable under the Articles of War, be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or 
imprisonment for not more than twelve months, or both. 

Sec. 13. That the Secretary of War is hereby authorized, em¬ 
powered, and directed during the present war to do everything by 
him deemed necessary to suppress and prevent the keeping or setting 
up of houses of ill fame, brothels, or bawdy houses within such dis¬ 
tance as he may deem needful of any military camp, station, fort, 
post, cantonment , training, or mobilization place, and any person , 
corporation, partnership, or association receiving or permitting to be 
received for immoral purposes any person into any place. structure. 
or building used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation. or prosti¬ 
tution within such distance of said places as may be designated. or 
shall permit any such person to remain for immoral purposes in any 
such place, structure. or building as aforesaid, or 'who shall violate 
■any order , rule, or regulation issued to carry out the object and pur¬ 
pose of this section shall. unless otherwise punishable under the 
Articles of War, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished 
by a fine of not more than $1.000. or imprisonment for not more than 
twelve months, or both. 

Sec. 11. That all laics and parts of laws in conflict with the pro¬ 
visions of this Act are hereby suspended during the period of this 
emergency. 

S. H. Dent, Jr.. 

W. J. Fields, 

Percy E. Quin, 

Managers on the part of the House. 
Geo. E. Chamberlain, 

G. M. Hitchcock, 

F. E. Warren, 

Managers on the part of the Senate. 


10 TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. 


STATEMENT OF THE MANAGERS 


ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE. 


The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the 
disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate 
to the bill (Id. R. 3515) to authorize the President to increase tem¬ 
porarily the Military Establishment of the United States, submit the 
following written statement explaining the effect of the action 
agreed on: 

The differences between the two Houses are found in one amend¬ 
ment, which is a substitute of the Senate bill for the House bill, 
after the enacting clause. 

Through the entire bill, as agreed to in conference, the Senate 
accepted the House language using the period of the existing emer¬ 
gency instead of the period of the war. 

The organization of the Army was changed so as to authorize the- 
President to increase or decrease the number of organizations for 
typical divisions, brigades, or Army Corps, and to prescribe new 
organizations and personnel for Army Corps, divisions, brigades, 
regiments, battalions, squadrons, companies, troops, and batteries. 
The object of this was, of course, to allow an increase of the war 
strength of these various branches of the service beyond that now 
provided by law. It is provided, however, that the number of or¬ 
ganizations in a regiment shall not be increased nor the number of 
regiments decreased. The President is also authorized to organize 
for each Infantry and Cavalry Brigade three machine-gun com¬ 
panies, and for each Infantry and Cavalry division four machine- 
gun companies, in addition to those now authorized. The President 
is also authorized to organize for each division one armored motor¬ 
car machine-gun company. 

The House also adopted a provision, with some slight changes in 
the language, of the Senate authorizing the recommission in the 
Coast Guard of persons who have heretofore held commissions in 
the Revenue-Cutter Service or Coast Guard. 

The House receded from its position reinstating the present law 
authorizing voluntary enlistment of persons over 18 years of age,, 
without the consent of the parent or guardian. 

The age limit of persons subject to draft was fixed at not less than 
twenty-one nor more than thirty-one. The House language provid¬ 
ing for the exemption of regular or duly ordained ministers was 
adopted,, and the House agreed to the Senate provision extending to 
students'who at the time of the passage of this Act are preparing for 
the ministry in recognized theological or divinity schools. To those 
who may be exempted from selected draft, or "selected for partial 
military service only, the conferees added county and municipal 
officials. 

The President is authorized to establish throughout the several 
States, Territories, and the District of Columbia local boards. As 
far as practicable they shall be created in each county or similar sub¬ 
division of each State, and also one for approximately each 30,000 
of population of each city of 30,000 population or more, according to 
the last census taken or the estimates furnished by the Bureau of 
Census, Department of Commerce. Such boards shall be appointed 
by the President, shall consist of three or more members not con¬ 
nected with the Military Establishment, and chosen from the local' 


TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. 11 


authorities or other citizens resident in the subdivision in which the 
board will have jurisdiction, under rules and regulations prescribed 
by the President. Such local boards shall have power to determine 
all exemptions, under rules and regulations prescribed bv the Presi¬ 
dent, except the exemption of those engaged in industries, including 
agriculture. An additional board or boards is or are authorized in 
each judicial district of the United States, the members to be resi¬ 
dents of such district, to be appointed by the President, and not con¬ 
nected with the Military Establishment. This board will have ap¬ 
pellate jurisdiction of all matters coming before the local boards, and 
original jurisdiction of exemptions of persons engaged in industries, 
including agriculture, necessary to the maintenance of the Military 
Establishment or the national interest during the emergency. De¬ 
cisions of the district board shall be final, except that the President 
may, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, affirm, 
modify, or reverse the same. The President is authorized to make 
rules and regulations to carry out the terms and provisions of this 
section and to provide for the issuance of certificates of exemption 
and partial or limited exemptions. 

The conferees excluded from registration officers and enlisted men 
of the Regular Army and Navy and of the National Guard and 
Naval Militia, while in the service of the United States. It is also 
provided that those absent from their legal residence shall have the 
right to register by mail under such regulations as may be prescribed 
by the President. 

The President is authorized to utilize the services of all depart¬ 
ments, officials, and agents of the United States and 'of the several 
States, Territories, and the District of Columbia in the execution of 
the Act, and a penalty is provided for failure or neglect of duty. 

The Senate receded from its provision authorizing all voluntary 
enlistments to be in the Army of the United States and their assign¬ 
ment to any force not raised exclusively by selective draft. 

The Senate also receded from its provision making each chief 
of bureau a major general. 

The Senate also receded from its provision authorizing the or¬ 
ganization of four infantry divisions by voluntary enlistment, as 
well as the provision authorizing the enlistment of three or more 
regiments of mounted volunteers to be used in protecting property 
and citizens along the southern border. 

The conferees agreed upon an increase of the pay of enlisted men 
of the Army as follows: Those whose base pay does not exceed $21 
per month, an increase of $10: those whose base pay is $24 per 
month, an increase of $8: those whose base pay is $30, $36, or $40 per 
month, an increase of $6; those whose base pay is $45 or more per 
month, an increase of $5. This increase is not to be taken into con¬ 
sideration. however, in computing continuous-service pay. 

The House receded from the Senate provisions as to the sale, etc., 
of alcoholic liquors, and the maintenance of brothels, etc., at mili¬ 
tary posts, camps, forts, etc. 

The conferees agreed to the provision of the House bill requiring 
organizations or units of the National Guard, so far as practicable, 
to retain the States designations of their respective organizations. 


12 TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. 

The conferees also retained the House provision that organizations 
of all forces provided for, except the Regular Army, shall, as far as 
the interests of the service permit, be composed of men who come 
and of officers who are appointed from the same State or locality. 

S. H. Dent, Jr., 

W. J. Fields, 

Percy E. Quin, 

Managers on the part of the House. 
























































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